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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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